Just to let you all know that I will be unsubscribing soon as I have a lot to do!!! I am looking after my mum who has dementia but thought that this little anecdote might interest you When me and my brother came to new Zealand in October we went on the trail to find where my mum lived when she was in nz. We found the area she was in and there was an old farmer who we spoke to. He told us his house was built in 1929, our mum was born 1927 and lived there until 1934. At the end of the lane that we found there was what I call a disused abattoir or ice house, my uncle explained why it had gone out of business. Didn't think anymore about it until recently I showed my mum some of the pictures I took of nz. Showed her the pictures from rotorua baths with the bubbling mum and steam and said that is where her dad used to work. Well her response was amazing. She said that she knew nothing about the baths but he worked in the fields and at the end of the road where the animals were dead... She has never mentioned this before. All through my childhood she painted a picture of new Zealand being a big flat open field and she lived on a farm and had no shoes on her feet until they sailed back to England. All she ever said was that her dad worked on the farm and played polo on ponys. I was amazed to find new Zealand had volcanos and mountains.lol Once again thank you to all those that helped me with my research and responded to my pleas. Gloria